I loved Les Miserables. But then again, I'm a francophile. As a francophile, I can appreciate the adaptation of Hugo's novel, and thus forgive such ham-handed Anglo-Germanic musical stylings as were dumped on the cast. As a francophile, I can appreciate that this is the story of a man's entire life, which must perforce end with his death.

And "it's only a loaf of bread, you morons!" was exactly Hugo's point. The French love of law and order (as some outgrowth of truth and beauty) was put to the test by the revolution (according to Hugo).

As for the show itself, it is a technical marvel. The suicide scene, in which the actor stays standing but the bridge shoots up, still takes my breath away.

And it still sucks what happened to Eponine.